Improvement in curry-combs



w. E. LAWRENCE.

CURRY-COMB.

No.-177,Z55. Patented May'9,1876.

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Umrnn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM E. LAWRENCE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRV-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177.255, dated May 9,1876; application filed March 31, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. LAWRENCE, of the city, county, and Stateot'New York, have invented Improvements in Curry-Combs, of which thefollowing is the specification The object of myim'ention is animprovement in curry-combs, whereby a secure hold and an easy rest forthe hand, above the back of the comb, is afforded.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of acurry-comb with my improvements; Fig. 2, a plan view; and Fig. 3, a sideelevation, showinga modification.

The bodyA of the comb is constructed of any desired form in any suitablemanner, and the handle B is attached in an elevated position at one sideof the body by means of rods 0 0 extending downward from the tang andthrough the comb-bars, as shown, or otherwise. From the handle, over theback of the comb, extends an elevated hand-rest, 0, consisting, in thepresent instance, of a loop of wire expanding gradually from itsjunction with the tang, parallel or thereabout with the back of thecomb, as far as the front edge, there bent downward until it rests uponthe comb back, and then extending across and above the comb parallel, ornearly so, to the front edge in the form of a bow or arch, d.

Three points areinvolved in this construction of the hand-rest; first,the diverging.

sides or bars 6 0, being separated and parallel, or thereabout, with theback of the comb,afford a rest for the entire body of the hand, parallelto the back, and so far above the latter that the fingers cannot extendbelow the toothed edges of the bars, so as to come into direct contactwith the animal; second, as the rest has no fixed connection at thefront with the comb-body, it will yield under the pressure of the handduring the combing operation, and renders the latter less wearisome thanwhen the hand is supported against a rigid unyieldcomb to be graspedwith facility over the front edge, so as to secure a firm hold at thatpoint.

Whereit is desired to dispensewith the how the ends of the rods 6 0 mayterminate above the comb at y or at m, Fig. 1, resting upon, but notconnected to, the back 5 and where a more yielding support is requiredthe rods may pass through openings 8 in the back of the comb, or in thecomb-bar, either terminating in enlarged heads beneath the bar, orcontinued along the under side of the latter, forming the transverseportion of the loop, as shown in Fig. 3. p v

I do not here claim this latter arrangement, however, as it will formthe subject of a separate application for Letters Patent.

I claim- 1. A curry-comb, provided with the usual side handle, and witha hand rest or support, consisting of bars diverging from the handletoward the corners, and extending over and parallel, or nearly so, tothe back of the comb, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The hand-support, connected to the side handle, extending over theback of the comb and downward toward the same without being attachedthereto, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the comb-body, side handle, and continuous wireformed into a loop, the sides of which diverge and constitute a supportor grasp for the hand, and the transverse portion of which is arched,substantially as specified.

In testimony 'whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. E. LAWRENCE. vWitnesses:

O. E. L. HoLMEs, F. D. BAKER.

